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Today's Canadian Headline... |
| 1905 |
OTTAWA WINS LOPSIDED STANLEY CUP
Ottawa Ontario - Frank McGee scores 14 goals as the Ottawa Silver 7 beat Dawson City (Yukon) 23-2 for the Stanley Cup. This is the most lopsided playoff game in Stanley Cup history. The Yukon team had walked from Dawson to railhead to be able to play in the tournament.
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| 1939 |
 Also On This Day...
New York City - Joe Schuster from Toronto publishes his first Superman comic strip.
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| 1859 |
 And in Today's Canadian Birthdays...
Henry Mill Pellatt 1859-1939
financier, soldier, was born on this day in 1859 at Kingston, Ontario; died in Toronto in 1939. Pellatt built Toronto's fabulous Casa Loma, now operated for the City by the Kiwanis Club. Here he is in his Queen's Own Rifles regalia (he was Colonel in Chief of the regiment).
Also Robert W(illiam) Service 1874-1958
poet and novelist, born on this day at Preston, Lancashire, England; died in Lancieux, France Sept 11, 1958. Service came to Canada as a young man to serve as a bank manager at Dawson City in the Yukon. He is best known for his rollicking ballads of the frozen North, The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee.
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| In Other Events... |
| 1970 |
Ottawa Ontario - Cabinet accepts federal policy paper recommendations;.appoints Commission to oversee conversion from Imperial to International (Metric) System of Units. |
| 1965 |
Winnipeg Manitoba - Chad Allen and the Expressions re-release their hit single Shakin' All Over under their new name - The Guess Who; it is the band's first record under that name. |
| 1965 |
Washington DC - Lester Bowles L. B. Pearson 1897-1972 signs Canada-US Automotive Agreement, or Auto Pact with President Lyndon Johnson; free trade on new cars and car parts manufactured in either country |
| 1961 |
India - Opening of Canada-India nuclear plant, gift to India under Colombo Plan. |
| 1958 |
Ottawa Ontario - Lester Bowles L. B. Pearson 1897-1972 chosen as party leader on first ballot by Liberal Party, replacing Louis St. Laurent; 1074 votes, to Paul Martin (305) |
| 1908 |
Winnipeg Manitoba - Manitoba government takes over provincial telephone service. |
| 1906 |
Halifax Nova Scotia - Last British soldiers leave Canada, as Britain turns over control of its naval bases and garrisons to Canada; Esquimault BC left earlier. |
| 1847 |
Hamilton Ontario - Colin Campbell Ferrie elected first Mayor of Hamilton. |
| 1821 |
Brockville Ontario - Chauncey Beach founds The Brockville Recorder newspaper. |
| 1814 |
Madrid New York - British troops start week-long raid on the towns of Madrid, Salmon River, Malone and Four Corners; retaliation for US raids in Canada; War of 1812 . |
| 1813 |
Halifax Nova Scotia - Anthony Henry Holland edits and publishes the first issue of The Acadian Recorder. |
| 1800 |
Fredericton New Brunswick - John Murray Bliss 1771-1834 fights the first duel in New Brunswick against Samuel D. Stuart. |
| 1637 |
Quebec Quebec - The Company of New France receives a grant to establish a nunnery and Jesuit church and seminary at Quebec. |
